Hi Chris,
I'd suggest Aruba too. A couple years ago we evaluated all three of these vendors and along with some others. Aruba's controllers have 10GB uplink ports, the new N access points have built in spectrum analysis if you have the WIP license, remote access points allow you to offer virtual classrooms anywhere there is internet connectivity, the Airware monitoring software allows easy device tracking, a built in stateful firewall and many features not found in the others. Think about what features you want from wireless in the future. Wireless is the fastest growing part of our network. That is my two cents worth; get a demo unit and try it out. (This is a personal opinion based on my experiences and is not an official position of Plymouth State Unversity) Chris Drever - PSU Networking Administrator From: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Manoj Abeysekera Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 12:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Bakeoff Hi Chirs, We did a RFP more than a year ago. Vendors you mentioned below were the last 3 who made it through. We end up choosing Aruba as our solution. I could talk about why offline if you wish. Thanks Manoj -------------------------------------------------------------- P. Manoj Abeysekera, CWNA, ACMP Network Engineer American University 4200 Wisconsin Ave, NW Washington DC. 20016 202-885-2702 From: "Huels, Chris" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 10/04/2010 12:36 PM Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] Wireless Bakeoff Sent by: The EDUCAUSE Wireless Issues Constituent Group Listserv <[email protected]> _____ All, Currently Washington University uses Meru for wireless. In order to migrate to 802.11n, we will have to replace all of the access points and look at replacing the controllers to accommodate the throughput. This has given us the opportunity to go back and assess other vendors that offer enterprise wireless solutions. The vendors that we are looking into are Meru, Aruba, and Cisco. I would like to get input from this group on some pros and cons of each, or are there other vendors that have been working well? Any input would be helpful. Thanks Chris ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at <http://www.educause.edu/groups/> http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
